As we look forward to a week of empathy, pride and ocean waves

I wanted to share with you this beauty of a book from Oxford Children’s Books

This gorgeous book had us all grinning from ear to ear

A swashbuckling piratical adventure with Billy, Birdbrain and The Pirate Mums

This is a story for anyone who has ever felt different

For anyone who has worried that they do not fit in, they feel anxious about being different and not fitting in

This is a story that will delight grown ups who remember feeling embarrassed by their parents

And now fondly looking back and knowing that they were more than all right really

This is a book that champions difference and celebrates diversity with jigs and sea shanties

This is for anyone who wants to live free with love and pride and confidence

And perhaps a splash of glamour and flamboyance

We LOVE The Pirate Mums and we think that you will too

Billy’s family are not what you’d call ordinary

They have a squawking parrot for a pet and opt for smelly old maps over Sat Nav

Billy wished his family was a little more like everyone else’s

Billy is horrified when his mums volunteer to help out on a class trip to the seaside

Billy tries everything to make them not go

But they do and thank goodness they do when a storm and seasickness and a sticky situation for Captain Fishface

All lead to a potential disaster at sea

Bottoms and bother!

Of course, The Pirate Mums save the day with a mum’s practicality and the fearsome attitude of a pirate

Bless Blackbeard’s boots for The Pirate Mums

You will have to climb aboard yourselves to see exactly what happens

You won’t regret it